Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ament"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ament \Am"ent\, n. [L. amentum thong or strap.] (Bot.)
A species of inflorescence; a catkin.
The globular ament of a buttonwood. --Coues.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ament
n : a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence [syn: {catkin}]
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